Cover Story Apr 01, 2018 Following the sun Being widely adopted on account of increased generation and improved internal rate of return (IRR), solar trackers are gaining prominence across the globe.
Interaction Apr 01, 2018 Consolidation will be next big thing in renew We have formed a special purpose vehicle-JSW Solar-for pursuing our interest in renewable energy opportunities. We have approved the capital expenditure (capex) budget for setting up additional 10-MW solar power projects implying total solar power projects of 17 MW under implementation.
Interaction Apr 01, 2018 Loss-making discoms to be denied loans We have already liberalised the Electricity Act and it provides for franchisees. However, the charging station is not selling electricity, but giving you a service. It is actually buying the electricity from a discom.
Interaction Mar 01, 2018 Banks reluctant to fund renew projects Artha Energy Resources is a four-year old data first company, a part of the Artha Group of companies. Artha is a part of Damani group with interests across venture capital, power, hospitality, stock markets, and real estate.
Interaction Mar 01, 2018 Institutionalise generation-based incentives In an exclusive interview to POWER TODAY, Sanjeev Aggarwal, Managing Director & CEO, Amplus Energy Solutions emphasises that generation-based incentive needs to be institutionalised to boost the solar rooftop segment. Amplus is also proposing a model to discover the value of rooftop solar power.
Cover Story Mar 01, 2018 AT&C losses have shown only marginal improvement The key objective of UDAY was financial turnaround of power distribution companies (discoms), which would have led to purchase of more electricity, reduced load-shedding and improved hours of supply.
Cover Story Mar 01, 2018 UDAY will take 4-5 years to turnaround power discoms The growth in power demand accelerated significantly in the current financial year. UDAY is certainly a key contributor to this because the immediate savings in cost (the restructuring plan, on an estimated basis, reduced interest costs by as much as 47 paise per kWh), allowed utilities to maintain tariffs at lower levels, thus attracting more marginal consumers.
Cover Story Mar 01, 2018 Waning hope for UDAY! Although state discoms have managed to leverage UDAY by paring financial losses from Rs.51,589.51 crore in FY16 to Rs.34,826.87 in FY17, a marginal decrease in AT&C losses seems to be the bone of contention, as what has been envisaged has not been achieved yet, barring bailing-out non-performers.